Anne Belle.Anne Belle, the filmmaker whose 1996 documentary Suzanne Farrell Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) one of the most noted ballerinas of the 20th century, and was an important dancer for the legendary choreographer George Balanchine. She was born Roberta Sue Ficker : Elusive Muse was nominated for an Academy Award, died of a heart attack on June 18, 2003, in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . She was 68. Belle trained as a dancer in Toronto and London, became a writer, and completed an MFA See multifactor authentication. at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of University's Graduate Institute of Film and Television. Her interest in ballet subjects was inspired by her love of the art. She never forgot the generosity of Alexandra Danilova, who gave the 6 year-old Belle an autographed photo. Belle told writer Anne Tobias (DANCE MAGAZINE, May 1997): "My memories of Alexandra Danilova had never left me. I wrote to her and told her I was very interested in ... making a film about her." The result was the 1982 Reflections of a Dancer. In 1989, Belle followed up with Dancing for Mr. B: Six Balanchine Ballerinas, various accounts of George Balanchine's career by six of his ballerinas, At the time of her death, Belle was completing a film on the late Stanley Williams, the Danish master teacher at the School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet is located in New York City, in Lincoln Center. It is considered one of the most prestigious and notable ballet schools in the United States and teaches some of the most talented young dancers in the country. . Survivors include her husband, John Belle, two children, three stepchildren, six grandchildren and a brother. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion